Academic Hoods

Following a custom
established in the 14th century, modern-day scholars display their
academic achievements by wearing traditional regalia at the
commencements and other important ceremonies. All of our university
regalia strictly complies with the guidelines set forth by the
Committee on Academic Customs and Ceremonies, appointed in 1959 by the
American Council on Education.

American Council on EducationCommittee on Academic
Customs & CeremoniesColor Guidelines

Arts, Letters
& Humanities

White

Education

Light Blue

Engineering

Orange

Law

Purple

Medicine

Green

Philosophy

Dark Blue

Science

Golden Yellow

Other
degree colors (such as nursing/apricot; library/lemon;
theology/scarlet, etc.) are available but are not shown on the chart
above for the simple reason that not all internet browsers can properly
render all web colors.

If you need to know the degree color for a
degree not shown above, e-mail
us.

In addition to the degree colors,
each school generally has its own school colors. If you know the colors that
you need, be sure to let us know. Otherwise, let us know which school
is your alma mater, and we will look up the colors for you.

As each hood is custom-made
according to your school colors, degree colors, and type of degree (BA,
MA, or Ph.D.), we ask that you give us about 8 weeks to special make your hood, with the correct degree color on your velvet, and the correct lining color for you school.

The correct velvet for all Ph.D.
degrees is dark blue, representing the mastery of the discipline of
scholarship. On the other hand, the correct velvet color for all non
Ph.D. doctoral holders (as well as masters and bachelors) would be that
of their particular field. That means that while a Doctor of Education
(Ed.D.) would receive light blue velvet, a Ph.D. in English would
receive the dark blue velvet. A non-PhD Doctor of Science would receive
Gold velvet, but a Ph.D. in Science would receive the dark Blue Velvet.
A non Ph.D. Doctor of Engineering would receive Orange Velvet, but a
Ph.D. in Engineering would each receive the dark blue velvet. To avoid
confusion, it is very important therefore for all doctors ordering
hoods to clearly specify whether they are a Ph.D. (and would be
receiving the dark blue velvet regardless of their field) or a Doctor
of …

These hoods are available with or
without piping.

Piping may be added on
Ph.D. hoods for Ph.D. holders wishing to indicate their field of
discipline or for people wanting to dress up their hoods.

The cap
and gown are in stock, but the hood takes 8 weeks to make.I need to march next month. What do I do?

For customers who are in a rush,
FacultyRegali can often often help you out with our free loaner hood program, as follows: Let us say that you want a Ph.D. Cap and Gown that we
have in stock and can ship the same day. And you need to march in 3
weeks, but the color hood you need takes 6-8 weeks to make. What we can
do is send you a substitute hood upon receipt of your payment. While
this may not be the exact color you need, it is a lot better than not
having a hood at all, and most people don't know the difference anyway.
In the meantime, we can begin making your custom color hood. We send
out your cap, gown, tassel, and loaner hood right away. You send back
the loaner hood as soon as you are done with it, and then we ship you
your custom hood for all future events. This arrangement has helped
many faculty members who need hoods right away, but would prefer to
have their own colors for the future. And we don't charge any extra for
it either. In fact, if you are within USA, we don't even charge you anything extra to ship you the hood via UPS ground. If we can help, let us know.